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TICKET ISSUING MACHINE Filed June 30,- 1952 '4 Sheets-Sheet s y I936 R. H. HELSEL TICKET ISSUING 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 III-Ea Filed June 30, 19 32 Jamar/*0? fimim zire! k Patented May 26, 1936 UNITED STATES action TICKET resume momma I Finest orrlce Reuben H. Helsel, Long Island City, ii. 312., as

signor to General Register Corporation, ltrooh= lyn, N. Y a corporation of Pennsylvania Application .lune to, 932, herial life. season is illlaims, (error-see) This invention relates to a ticket issuing machine and more particularly a machine which tickets used in vehicles it'is also desirable to indicate destinations or the transfer points, or the like, or to print, other matter thereon.

It is a broad object of the present invention to provide a machine of the general character indicated above which will print certain matter such as dates, or the like, on tickets which, in general, have been partially preprinted. In such a machine it is necessary that the printing mechanism act on the tickets at points bearing a dellnite relationship to the matter already printedthereon; or in cases where the tickets'do not contain preprinted matter, if they' are issued from a perforated strip, it is necessary that the printing occur in some definite relationship to the perforations. The machine of the present inven-- tion provides means for properly aligning a ticket strip with the printing mechanism to secure a proper relationship between the type and the strip, I

It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved controlling mechanism in a ticket issuing machine which is of a simple character and for the major part standard so that it is adapted to machines either bf a type issuing aticket upon the depression of a key, or of a type which will issue a new ticket or check when one is withdrawn manually from the machine. By the adoption of a mechanism which may be readily adapted to either form of machine with minor changes, it is obviously possible to secure a relatively inexpensive product 'by reason of the increased volume of production of identical parts.

automatically properly located relative toa print-- ing roller irrespective of carelessness on the Part of an employee whomay insert the inking device invention relates to the after replacement of the supply of ink, adiust ment, or the like. It frequently happens in ole vices of-this sort that employees are careless in replacingparts of the machine-which may require periodic removals such as an ink supplying device. In the present design proper location of the device is substantially insured although its removal is very readily chested.

I Other objects of the invention relating pri-,

marily'to details of construction will become apparent from the'followin'g description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. i is a side elevation with certainparts in section of the lefthand side of one form of the improved machine;

Fig. 2 is a. section taken in general inside the righthand side plate of the machine, certain of the parts being broken away for clearness;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the machine partly in section and with certain par s omitted or broken away to better reveal details,

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the machine;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view illustrating primarily the knife arrangement and actuating mechathem; and

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic elevation of a modified key operated mechanism.

Referring first to the modification of Figs. 1

to 5, the machine comprises a suitable support ing frame consisting primarily of side plates and connecting members to furnish mountings for the various elements. A motor t mounted in will be hereafter described. It may, in passing,

be stated that this gear carries a ratchet element III engageable with a pawl 12 to drive the shaft l5, Shaft l5 carries a gear ili'meshing with a gear l8 which, in turn, meshes with a gear 20. The last two gears are together with suitable feeding, printing and cutting. elements mounted upon shafts, the shaft of gear is being fixed in the frame while that of gear 20 is adjustable relatively to the frame in a, manner hereafter pointed out. i I The shaft/of the gear it carries a feed wheel or roller including feeding flanges 22 between which is a cylindrical platen surface designed to form a backing for the material to be printed, this platen surface being substantially continuous lit) except where interrupted for the passage of the movable knife 26. This knife which is guided for substantially radial movement has some lateral play, the opening in the feed wheel being larger than the thickness of the blade. It is engaged by.

a pin 40 on which is journalled a roller 42. Cams 44 and 48 fixed to the frame of the machine respectively cooperate with the outer end of the pin- 48 and the roller 42. The cam 46 is provided with a depression 48 into which the roller 42 may drop. Corresponding with this depression there is a sharp notch 49 in the cam 44. Through the greater part of the revolution of the lower feed roller the roller 48 engages a concentric portion of the cam 48, the parts being so proportioned that during such engagement the pin 48 is held out of contact with the concentric surface 58 the cam 44. Friction is thereby reduced and a free movement secured. As the roller 42 begins to drop into the depression 48, however,-the'pin 48 engages the cam 44 and slides on the surface thereof for asmall part of the revolution until it is finally released by coming to. the position of the notch 48. The spring 34 then causes the pin 48 and roller 42 to drop sharply inwardly causing the severance of the ticket strip by the knife. The arrangement just described is adopted since using the roller alone the necessary sharp cutting movement could not be attained.

By the use of both a roller and pin so related in the manner indicated friction is reduced and at the same time a quick cutting movement of the knife is secured. Upon the next movement of the feed roller the pin rises relatively rapidly to a position where it is held clear of the concentric surface 50 by reason of engagement of the concentric portion of cam 48 by the roller 42.

A fixed knife 52 carried by the upper feed roller is provided with a short side extension 54 which engages the moving knife as the two knives come into position prior to the cutting movement of the knife 28. As indicated above, the movable knife has some lateral play. The knives are so related that by reason of this lateral play. the fixed knife tends to hold the movable knife slightly in a counterclockwise position from that which it would assume if freely moved under the action of spring 34. It will thus be seen that spring 34 not only serves to cause the knife 28 to move outwardly but also serves to bring the knives into engagement to insure that the cutting edges properly coact. From Fig. 5 it will be noticed that the cutting edges 58 converge to one side so that cutting takes place progressively across the strip.

The upper roller is provided with feed flanges.

58 in alignmentwith the flanges 22 and so located that the ticket strip will be grasped between them and thereby progressed outwardly of the machine. The flanges 58 are concentric for the greater portion of the circumference but are out away at 60 adjacent the fixed knife. The flanges 22 may also be cut away at this same position although this is unnecessary since the cutaway 7 portion of either set of flanges will serve to release the ticket strip so that it is stationary when cutting takes place. 4

ing surfaces to denote various dates.

mitting the shaft 0 to action of spring I88.

While the printing members carried by the upper roller may take any desired form, there is shown in the present instances dating head 8| journalled between the flanges 5 8 and consisting of a plurality of parts adapted to be manually turned to present different combinations of print- Springs 63 act as detents to hold the movable elements in desired positions. Besides this dating head the roller carries a printing plate 62 on a concentric surface which plate may contain, for example, an indication of a destination, if the machine is being used for issuing transfers or the like. Under certain conditions this plate might contain an advertisement which might be changed from day to day in case the machine were being used to issue restaurant checks. Instead of a dating head a numbering head may be used, provision being made so that the numbering head is advanced 1 on pins 68 carried by the side plates. of the machineframe. The levers at their free ends are provided with outwardly extending threaded studs projecting through arcuate slots in-the side plates and-adapted to receive knurled nuts 88 which may be tightened. to clamp the levers against the side plates. By adjusting the positions of the levers the necessary relative positioning of the twofeed rollers may be secured to obtain both proper feeding and proper printing.

As already stated the gear l4 which is journalled upon the shaft I 5 carries a ratchet 18 which may be provided with one or more teeth. This'ratchet is designed to engage. a pawl 12 pivoted at 14 to a cam 18 secured to the shaft l5 which cam forms a supporting plate for the pawl. A pin 18 carried by the pawl at its free end extends, outwardly through a cam slot 88 formed in a member 82 whichis journalled upon the shaft l5 and urged in a counterclockwise direction relatively to the cam 16 by asprlng reacting between i 88 pivoted at M0 to the side plate and having one end engageable with a pin llll carried by the lever 88 and carrying at its other end a link I84 which is urged into a raised a springlllt reacting between it and the frame.

Secured to the shaft 88 is an arm 92 to which is pivoted the switch member 94 adapted to bridge the contacts 96 and thereby close the circult through the motor 4.

The upper end of the link I 84 is pivoted at I88 to a crank disc carried at the outer end of a shaft 8. The shaft H0 is provided with a finger H2 arranged to rest upon a ticket which in the present machine is arranged to be taken manually therefrom, the finger H2 tending to maintain the ticket in engagement with the lower plate 4 of a ticket guide, the plate H4 being cutaway beneath the finger 2 so that if the ticket which is presented is removed, the finger will 'dropbelow the plane of the plate 4 perbe rocked under the position by' f with teeth formed on the upper end of the lever II8 which is pivoted at I20 to' the frame and at its lower end carries a cam following roller I22 engageable with a cam I24 secured to the shaft I5. A lever I26 is secured to shaft 86 which, as stated above, also carries arm 92. A spring I30 -reacting between lever I26 and the lever B6v holds lever I26 in contact with a stop pin I28 carried by 86. This lever I26 is adapted to coact, as will be hereafter pointed out, with a pin I32 carried by a lever I34 pivoted at its central portion to the frame and urged in a clockwise direction, as viewedin Fig. 1, to a lim-- 'iting positionin contact with the post I36 by means of a spiral spring I36. A cam following roller I40 carried by the forward end of the lever I34 is engageable by a projection I42 on the periphery of the cam 16 which, as has been already mentioned, issecured to shaft I5. The lever I34 is adapted to engage a pin I43 carried by lever 86, this pin being the terminal post for spring 90.

The check or ticket strip T is fed upwardly to the machine from a suitable reel or folded sup- 'ply and passes over a guiding plate I44 being held in proper lateral position by rollers I46 1 carried by the plate I44 which are closely adjacent its edges. Carried by a shaft I41 pivoted ticket strip. A member I52 having two arcuate flanges is pivoted at I54 to the side plates and is arranged to rest upon the ticketstrip to maintain the same in engagement with the pinwheel and guide plate. The member I52 at its lower end carries a transverse pin I56 which engages within shallow notches in levers I58 pivoted to the side plate and urged upwardly by springs I60. By reason of this arrangement the member I52 is yieldingly held in its effective position. A slight pull suffices to free itv from the latch levers I58 so that the surfaces of the pinwheel and guide plate are cleared to permit the plac- "ing of a ticket strip in'position.

A gear I62 meshes with a pinion I64 carried by the shaft of a counter I66. If the counter is of the usual variety in which a single revolution of the counter shaft produces a unit change,

then the ratio between the gear and pinion is 4:1. Accordingly the issuance of a ticket is reg- .istered upon-each quarter revolution of the pinwheel.

A retaining and aligning disc I68 is secured to the shaft I41 to insure proper. alignment of the pinwheel in a manner which will be hereafter more fully pointed out. The disc I68 is provided with four tapered notches as indicated at I10 and is also provided with four shoulders I12. A pin I14 carried by a lever I16 pivoted at I18 is arranged to engage within the notches, the movements of this lever being controlled by theprovision of a cam following roller I 80 thereon which I engages a cam I82 secured to shaft I5, the roller I80 being held in engagement with the periphery of the cam by a spring I84.

A lever I86 normally urged in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 2, by a spring I90, is provided with a laterally turned flange I adapted 608118886 behind I'I2 2,041,831 V A pinion no carried by the shaft no meshes and thereby prevent reverse movement of the pinwheel from its proper static position.

A lever I92 pivoted at I94 to the frame is provided with a laterally extending finger I96 located opposite an opening in plate I44 into which itis adapted to drop under the action of spring I98 when no ticket strip is passing beneath it. The spring I98 is a relatively light one so that while the finger I96 rests upon the ticket strip it will not substantially distort the same even though the ticket stockis of quite light weight. The lever I92 is provided with a projecting portion 200 engageable by a finger 202 carried by the shaft IIO to whichthe tripping finger H2 is secured. The shaft III] also carries, as the other arm of lever 202', an arm 204 which is engageable under certain conditions with the end 206 of the lever I92.

A lever 208, pivoted at 2I0 to the frame and normally occupying the position shown by reason of the preponderance of weight of its rearwardly extending arm over its forwardly extending arm, is arranged to engage the arm 202. This lever extends rearwardly beyond the frame of the machine so as to provide a portion which may be engaged and lifted by an operator.

The inking device for the machine comprises a housing 2I2 having a cover 2I4 normally held closed by a hook latch 2 I6 urged to latching position by a tension spring 2I8. A well 220mm .taining ink is carried by the housing. A roller of excess ink to the intermediate roll from the roll 222, a scraper 225 in the form of a blade pivoted to the frame is urged to engage with the roller by a set screw 221 threaded into the cover 2I4. w

The inker housing is provided'with laterally extending flanges 228 which are designed to move between rails 229 and rollers 230 pivoted to the side plates as indicated most clearly in Figs. 1 and 4. The inner end of one of the flanges 228 is provided with openings forming, in effect, a rack engageable by the teeth 234 of a gear segment pivoted at 236 to one of the'side plates and provided with a pin 240 between which and a fixed pin'242 there reacts a tension spring 238. As shown in Fig. 1, in which the inker is illustrated as in its operative position the spring 238 lies on the upper side of the shaft-236 so that it is urging the pinion segment 234 in a counterclockwise direction tending to move the inker .-further inwardly to engage the inking roll 226 with the type. It will be obvious that a limited movement of the inker outwardly will be yieldingly resisted by the spring 238, and until the spring 238 is brought across the axis of the shaft 236 the segment 234 will be eflectiv'e to return the inker to its active position. As illustrated it will be seen that a substantial movement of the inker outwardly will be required before this restoring effect is destroyed. 0n the other hand, ii the inker is to be removed, it may bepu'lled outwardly along the rails 229 whereupon the spring 230 will pass to the other side of the axis of 280 with the result that the segment will be waiting to receive the inter when it is next mesh with the rack formed at 232.

gear 228; that is, the ends of the teeth may engage. In such case the inker would not move fully to its proper position. As soon as, however, the gear starts rotating relative slippage will occur and the gears will be brought into proper position to mesh. Thereupon the spring 288 will automatically complete the mesh and bring the inking roller into its proper operative position.

The structure of the modification of the machine shown in.Figs. 1 to 5 having now been briefly described the operation thereof will be rather obvious. The various views, except Fig. 5, illustrate the parts in their static positions. The ticket strip passes upwardly about the pinwheel with its forward end at the line of cutting, the knife blades being closed. At this time'the feeding flanges do not engage the ticket strip by reason of the fact that the cutaway portion 88 of one of them is adjacent the other. An already severed ticket or check projects outwardly from between the guide plates and has resting thereon the finger II2 holding the same in upward position. The finger I88 also rests on the strip in advance of the feed rollers.

The pin "4 of lever I18 is located within one of the tapering notches I'I8 so as to hold the' pinwheel in fixed position. By reason of the fact that the finger II2 engages a ticket which projects from themachlne the link I84 is in lowered position so that the end of the lever 88 engaging the pin I8I holds the hook of lever 88 in position engaging the pin 84 carried by the clutch element 82, which, being restrained, thereby maintains the pawl I2 out of the path of the ratchet tooth 18. The position of lever 88 also insures that the switch 88 is open since the engagement of lever I28 wlthpin I28 under the action of spring I88 draws the shaft 88 in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 1. Upon removal of the ticket or check. which is presented by the machine, the finger II2 moves downwardly thus permitting the shaft I I8 to rock in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 1, under the'action of spring I88. As soon as this takes place lever 88 disengages pin IM and lever 88 rocks in a clockwise direction under the action of spring 88, which, it may be noted, is not opposed by spring I88, releasing pin 84 and at the same time causing closure of the switch to start the motor by moving the shaft, 88 by the engagement of pin I28 with arm I28 which may pass the pin I82 inasmuch as the lever- I84 occupies its extreme clockwise position. Disengagement of the pin 84 by the hook of lever 88 permits the spring 88 to move the plate 82 so as to force the pawl I2 inwardly into the path of the tooth I8. As the tooth I8 comes around due to the fact that it is driven from the motor through reductiongearing, itvengages the pawl I2 and thereby imparts rotation to the shaft I8. It may be noted that at this time the depression of the cam I24 is opposite the roller I22 so that the roller may move inwardly as the finger II2 drops.

As the shaft I8 revolves it imparts rotation to the upper and lower feed rollers. In the initial part of their movement they do not cause a feeding of the ticket strip inasmuch as the cutaway portion of one of them is adjacent the ticket strip as has already been pointed out. As soon, however, as the circular portio s o th fi 88 come into feeding position the ticket strip will be advanced. Since initially the movable knife is in its projected position as the rollers start to move it still remains in this position, The movable blade is yieldingly urged against the other blade by the action of the spring 84. The projection 84, as rotation takes place, tends to push the movable blade against the tension of spring 84 inasmuch as the projection extends beyond the periphery of the feeding flanges 88. By reason of this action as soon as motion takes place the movable blade is disengaged from the cutting edge of the fixed blade. The projection 84 thus not only serves the useful purpose of properly guiding the movable blade relatively to the fixed blade but also prevents wear on the cutting edge 'of the fixed blade which would ordinarily occur if the fixed blade were required to push the movable blade asrotation started. This-is an important function of the projection 84 and plays a considerable part in insuring a long life and proper action of the blades in cutting the ticket strip.- As the rotation proceeds the roller 42 rises on the periphery of the cam 48 withdrawing the movable blade. When withdrawal is effected the pin 48 is disengaged from the cam 44 during the major portion of the feeding revolution so that there is no substantial drag hindering the rotation, the rolling contact of the roller 42 on the cam 46 producing very little friction.

Prior to clamping engagement of the ticket strip by the feeding flanges the pinwheel is released for movement. This is effected by the action of cam I82 upon the roller I88 to withdraw the pin I14 from a notch I18 to a position beyond the outermost portion of the plate I88. Accidental reversal of the pinwheel'which might cause the ticket strip to withdraw sufficiently so that it would not be engaged by the feeding flange is prevented by the action of the pawl I88 engaging the shoulder II2 which, though permitting a forward movement of the pinwheel, prevents its reversal. The pinwheel, it may be noted, is not positively driven except for the control which will be hereafter noted, but is moved by the ticket strip T as the strip is positively fed by the flanges 22 and 88. A controlling tension upon the ticket strip is produced by the member I82 which yieldingly engagesthe strip where it extends in an arc over the surface I 44.

When a portion of the ticket strip extends below the finger I88 this finger is prevented from moving downwardly. Accordingly when the finger, II2 drops the projection 284 moves over the end 288 of the lever I82.

A single revolution of the shaft I8 produces a single revolution of each of the feed rollers to advance the ticket strip approximately one ticket length. The adjustment is preferably such that the feed of the ticket strip is quite accurately one ticket length, and, in fact, with a properly constructed machine the deviation of the feed from this is very slight. However, the engagement of thefianges 2: and s: with the ticket strip a frictional and if no adjusting means were provided any slight error in the length of feed would be cumulative until eventually the cutting of the tickets from the strip would occur not on the proper line but even midway of a single ticket, it

being remembered, as pointed out above, that the I ticket strip in this machine is supposed to be "feedwheels will'impart an advance to the ticket preprinted. Preferably, a single rotation of the the feed wheels by reason of the fact that the into opposition with the ticket, roller I80 drops off the peripheral portion of the cam I82 of greater radius into a depression in this cam. The pin "4 will thereupon enter a tapered notch I10 moving into its inner constricted portion and thereby causing a slight angular movement of the pin wheel which will impart a corrective adjusting movement to the ticket strip. Ofcourse, the feed by the feedwheels will be sufficiently accurate to insure that the pin I14 will come opposite one of the tapered notches so as to fall thereinto. A proper accurate alignment of the ticket strip prior to cutting is thus assured. As the rotation of the feed wheels nears its end, the roller 42 first enters the depression in cam 46 whereupon the pin 40 will engage the cam 44. As the this condition.

As the end of the cycle of revolution of shaft Ii approaches the high part of the cam I42 proper position for .cutting is reached the pin 40 drops sharply into the depression of the cam 44 I thus causing a sharp outward movement of: the

ately after the shaft I5 starts to rotate, lever H8,

is rocked by the engagement of roller I22 by the high part of the cam I24 which causes arocking of the shaft IIO to raise the finger H2 and also raise the finger I96 by reason of the engagement of 202 with projection 200 of lever I92. the fingers are maintained in such raised positions the pin IOI overlies the lever 98 sothat the pin I02 will rest in the upper end of the slot in the link I04, the slot being providedto permit engages roller I40 causing a rocking of lever I34 in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Fig.- 1. Inasmuch as the lever 86 now occupies an extreme clockwise position determined by the engagement of the switch contacts 96 by the switch member 94, the pin I32 may move downwardly to the left of lever I2 6. Asa counterclockwise movement of the lever I94 proceeds it engages the pin I43 and rocks the lever 86 in a counterclockwise direction to bring the hook thereof into the path of the pin 84. In view of the fact that the pin I92 lies to the left aof lever I26 the shaft 881s prevented from rocking counterclockwise so that the switch remains closed and the motor energized. As soon as the pin II" moves beyond the extremity of the". lever 98 the lever rocks by, reason of the preponderance of weight of its lefthand end swinging upwardly behind pin IM and preventing any movement of lever 86 clockwise when the lever I34 is withdrawn from contact with pin I43. As the rotation proceeds the pin 84 is arrested with the tooth I continue to overrun. As the end of the revolution is approached the roller I40 drops off the high part of the cam I42 whereupon the lever I34 rocks in a clockwise direction under the action of spring I38. When the pin I32 clears the lever I26 spring I30 causes a counterclockwise movement of shaft 88 and the circuit through the motor is opened. The motor will then in due course come to rest. Its overrun, however, does not affect the position of any of the parts as will be obvious.

As the end of the cycle is reached the cam followingroller I22 will tend to drop into the hollow in the cam I24. The fingers I96 and H2 will thereupon drop upon the ticket strip and severed ticket respectively. The cycle of operation is thus completed all of the .parts being brought into their initial positions. A ticket printed by the printing roller is presented for subsequent removal.

In case the supply of ticket strip is exhausted the finger I96 will not be held up by the ticket strip after a. ticket is withdrawn from beneath the finger II2. As the finger H2 drops the arm 202 will move in clockwise direction permitting the lever I92 to move in a counterclockwise direction. Before 204 moves to a position to pass over the end 206 of the lever I92 the end 206 will have moved into its path arresting movement of shaft H0 and thereby preventing release of 82 or closure of the switch so that the machine will'not operate. To thread into the machine a new ticket strip it is then only necessary to lift I52 and ,to rock the lever 208 so that it will engage 202fand thereby raise both of the fingers H2 and I92, the raising of the latter permitting the movement of the ticket strip to a position engaging the closed knives. As soon thereafter as the lever 208 is released the finger II2 will drop beneath the guiding plate with the result that the machine will operate through one cycle to present another ticket.

It is desirable to have some indication other than the failure of operation of the machine when the supply of ticket strip is exhausted. To this end a contact finger 244 is provided engageable by the arm I92 when it drops due to the absence of supply. A suitable bell or the like may be connected in circuit with a source of power including the contact 244 and the frame of the machine to which, of course, the lever I92 is grounded by its pivotal connection.

The machine which has just been described is adapted to operate when aticket is withdrawn.

The mechanism in general, however, is readily applicable to machines in which single tickets are issued upon depression of keys. To illustrate the modification of the mechanism to adapt it for such machines there is illustrated diagrammatically in Fig. 6 certain changes involving new connections to the parts already described in the other modification, the parts corresponding to those already described being similarly numbered.

In a machine of the key operated type the finger II2 is of course omitted. In this machine, in addition to the other elements carried by the shaft II'0 there is secured to the shaft an arm 246 projecting between pins 248 and 249 carengagement of the pin 249 with the'arm 246 when the plunger is, in its uppermost position which may be determined, for example, by the engagement of the pin 248 with a suitable stop It will be obvious that the operation of the mechanism of Fig. 6 which, except for the modifications disclosed therein, corresponds to the mechanism previously described and will be substantially identical with that of the other mechanism except so far as depression of the key efiects the initiation of a cycle of operation rather than the dropping of the finger I I2.

From the comparison of the two types of machines it will be seen that there is very little difference between them and accordingly production of either machine is much cheapened by the fact that most of the parts may be produced in large quantities corresponding to the total number of machines of both types-demanded.

The clutch disclosed in the present application is of the type described and claimed in my application, Serial No. 495,026, filed November 12, 1930. The switch is of the type disclosed in my prior application, Serial No' 459,625, filed June 7, 1930. It will be obvious that the clutch may be replaced by other types of one revolution clutch mechanisms and further that the switch may be replaced by any other suitable type of switch.

It will also be clear that numerous other changes may be made in the machine without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the following claims.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A ticket issuing machine including means for feeding a ticket strip, said means including a plurality of rotary feeding members arranged to engage opposite sides of the strip, and knives rotatable with the members and adapted to coop- .ei'ate with each other to sever the strip, one of the knives being radially movable, said rotary feeding members being inactive to feed the strip during the severing action whereby the strip is severed while stationary.

2. A ticket issuing machine including means for feeding a ticket strip, said means including a plurality of rotary feeding members arranged to engage opposite sides of the strip, and knives rotatable with the members and adapted to cooperate with each other to sever the strip, one of the knives being radially movable and the other being radially fixed, said rotary feeding membersbeing inactive to feed the strip during the severing action whereby the strip is severed while stationary.

3. A ticket issuing machine including means for feeding a ticket strip, said means including a plurality of rotary feeding members arranged to engage opposite sides of the strip, knives rotatable with the members and adapted to cooperate withv each other to sever the strip, one of the knives being radially movable and the other being radially fixed, and yielding means holding the knives in cutting engagement, said rotary feed-.

ing members being inactive to feed the strip during the severing action-whereby the stripis severed while stationary.

4. A ticket issuing machine including means for feeding a ticket strip, said means including a plurality of rotary feeding members arranged to engage opposite sides of the strip, knives rotatable with the members and adapted to cooperate witheach other to sever the strip, one of the knives being radially movable and the other being radially fixed, and yielding means holding the knives in cutting engagement, one of said knives having a portion projecting beyond the pitch line to engage the other whereby rolling of the knives about their cutting edges is prevented, said rotary feeding members being inactive to feed the strip during the severing action whereby the strip is severed while stationary. I

5. A ,ticket issuing machine including means for feeding a ticket strip, said means including a rotary feeding member, and a knife rotatable with the member and adapted to sever the strip, said rotary feeding member beinginactive to feed the strip during the severing action whereby the strip is severed while stationary.

6. vA ticket issuing machine including means for feeding a ticket strip, said means including a plurality of rotary feeding members arranged to engage opposite sides of the strip, and knives rotatable with the members and adapted to cooperate with each other to sever the strip, said rotary feeding members being inactive to feed the strip during the severing action whereby the strip is severed while stationary.

7. A ticket issuing machine including means for 25 feeding a ticket strip, said means including a plurality of rotary feeding members arranged to engage opposite sides of the strip, and knives rotatable with the members and adapted to cooperate with each other to sever the strip, said having tapering notches, and means adapted to enter the notches to cam the pin wheel to a predetermined position.

9. A ticket issuing machine including means for feeding a ticket strip, said means releasing the ticket strip at the end of a feeding operation, and

means for adiusting the position of the strip ineluding a pin wheel engaging openings in the strip, a member carried by the pin wheel and having tapering notches, and means adapted to enter the notches to cam the pin wheel to a predetermined position, said last means being operated to release the pin wheel prior to a feeding movement of the strip.

10. A ticket issuing machine including means for feeding a ticket strip, said means releasing the ticket strip at the end of a feeding operation, means for severing the ticket strip while released by the feeding means, and means for adjusting the position of the released strip prior to severance including a pin wheel engaging openings in the strip.

11. A ticket issuing machine including means for feeding a ticket strip, said means releasing the ticket strip at the end of a feeding operation, means for severing the ticket strip while released by the feeding means, and means for adjusting the position of the released strip prior to severance including a pin wheel engaging openings in the strip, and means for locating the pin wheel in a predetermined position.

12. A ticket issuing machine including means for feeding a ticket strip, said means including a ticket strip at the end of a feeding operation, a

knife rotatable with the member and adapted to sever the strip while released, and means for ad-' justing the position of the released strip prior to severance.

13. A'ticket issuing machine including means for feeding a ticket strip, said means including a rotary feeding member arranged to release the ticket strip at the end of a feeding operation, a knife rotatable with the member and adapted to sever the strip while released, and means for adjusting the position of the released strip prior to severance, including a pin wheel engaging openings in the strip, and means for locating the pin wheel in a predetermined position.

14. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for guiding a ticket strip; means for sevcring'a ticket from the strip; means for presenting a severed check in delivering position; means for effecting a cycle of operation of the machine including a member effective upon removal of a check from delivering position to initiate a cycle of operation; and means for preventinginitiation of such cycle of operation if there is no strip available to form a subsequent pheck, said last means including a finger arranged to engage the ticket strip; and means for disengaging saidfinger from the strip during feed thereof .15. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for guiding a ticket strip; means for severing a ticket from the strip; means for presenting a severed check'in delivering position; means for eiiecting a cycle of operation of the machine including a member engaging the strip efifective upon removal of a check from delivering position to initiate a cycle of operation; and means for preventing initiation of such cycle of operation if there is no strip available to form' a subsequent check, said last means including a finger arranged to engage the ticket strip and means for disengaging said finger from the strip during feed thereof.

16. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for guiding a ticket strip; means for severing a ticket from the strip; means for presenting asevered check in delivering position; means for effecting a cycle of operation of the machineincluding a member engaging the strip efiective upon removal of a check from delivering position to initiate a cycle of operation; and means for preventing initiation of such cycle of operation if there is no strip available to form a sub- 10 sequent check, said last means including a finger arranged to engage the ticket strip; and means for disengaging both said member and said finger from the strip during feed thereon 17 A ticket issuing machine comprising means for guiding a ticket strip; means for severing a ticket from the strip; means for presenting a severed check in delivering position; means for effecting a cycle of operation of the machine including a member engaging the strip eiIective upon removal of a check from delivering position to initiate a cycle of operation; and means for means for severing the ticket strip while released by the feeding means, and means for adjusting 35 the position of the released strip prior to severance including a member engaging openings in the strip and arranged to be moved by the strip during a feeding operation and to move and ance.

REUBEN H. HELSEL.

thereby adjust the released strip prior to sever- 4Q 

